The Emperor's Shadow Novels & Stories

If he attained this, he could bend any mortal to his will. The shadow sensed his thoughts and smiled an unrecognizable smile, it was foolish humans and their quest for power, which they did not understand. Indeed, the mist had brought him the right candidate with the darkest heart. He did not have to do much, only force them into his illusion, and they were filtered perfectly. The figure was pleased. “You want that power, don’t you?” The emperor, already corrupted by his greed and quest for more power, nodded resolutely. “Then there are three things that you need to do.” The voice mumbled.

Her eyes narrow as she takes in my shivering form clad in torn clothes, the rumpled bed, as well as the freshly showered form of Xavier. “What the hell is going on here?!” she screeches. Her eyes do a once over around the room one more time before settling her poisonous gaze on me. My body shudders subconsciously from the venom spewing from her eyes as well as the clear knowledge of what she is capable of. With long, soft flowing hair, a voluptuous body with curves in all the right places, legs going for miles, and a face that the goddess has obviously- t taken her time with, Bianca is an absolutely gorgeous woman.

"It's been a long time since I've been hugged like this." "Hoo, really? Who was before me?" I chuckled as we both broke off the hug. "It was the Emperor, of course." Rho suddenly embraced himself as he shivered after I mentioned Azazel's title. "Ugh~ everytime I heard that name, shiver ran down my spine. But since I also misunderstood her majesty, I wonder what kind of person the Emperor is." "Hmm... he's sweet and clingy, he gets bored easily and worried too much."

She'd frantically stuffed their things into a backpack and rushed through the tunnel, to her father's workshop and out through the trapdoor. Now they were running through the forest in the opposite direction of her car. She would have to leave it behind. Jozef knew what it looked like now. If he had it fingerprinted or tested for DNA, she was fucked. He would connect the dots and realize his cousin, the one he was already gunning for, was also the elusive Phantom. The woman who'd been shadowing his footsteps for years. Learning and waiting until the time was right to seize her own empire and rule her own slice of the underworld.

Does he want to take over the throne that badly? “Yes. Please listen to what Kin has to say,” the empress quickly supported her son by pleading to the emperor. These two mother and son seemed so in sync that I was starting to get jealous over their strong bond. Although, I knew that this wasn’t the time for me to be impressed by their mother and son bond. The emperor seemed on edge and very indecisive. Things are not looking so good for us. “You better show us some proof,” Prince Kin demanded. Proof? What proof?

"Talk to me! What did you see?!" "The barrier..." Seraphina gasped, her sapphire eyes wide with pure, unadulterated terror as she looked up at him, her vision slowly clearing of Selene’s bleeding reflection. "Cassian didn't wait for the moon! He used the Shadow Crown to force the dark fluid straight into the Seventh Seal! The First Emperor's prison is shattering now!" "Shit!" Lysander cursed, bringing his black stallion around in a tight, dust-raising turn. He drew his twin shadow blades, their obsidian edges humming with dark, lethal resonance. "Ashthorne, look at the northern ridge!"

Today was Saturday, and we had enough time to resolve this matter. There he was, standing in the middle of the clearing in his full glory. The morning light filtered through the dense foliage, casting dappled shadows on him, making him seem ethereal. In the semi-darkness, I couldn't make out his expression, and he waved for me to come over.

I was a ghost again, fading back into the big, uncaring night. The bag felt heavy on my shoulder, not just with my few things, but with the unbearable weight of a promise I could never keep and a truth I could no longer hide. The Emperor was looking for Liora, the kind girl who saved him. But Liora wasn't really real. And Lioren, the boy who had briefly known a strange kind of friendship with the future Emperor, was now running for his life, not just from the Emperor’s men, but from the Emperor himself.

The darkness had tried to claim us, but standing there in the arms of the man who held my sky, I knew the absolute, unshakeable truth. The shadows had finally been driven out. And in their place, we had built an empire of light.

"Lexi please. I'm begging you" "SAY YOUR FUCKING LAST PRAYER!" Lexi Ryan "Our father who hath in heaven" Carmella said and I cocked the gun. She stopped praying and looked at me "Continue" I said "Halloweth be the name" I shot her She fell helplessly on the bed and I walked to where she was and smiled "I don't even need to waste my second bullet... dummy" Lexi Stokes We all ran out of the car and started heading inside the condemned story building but the police stopped us